Iran says it distrusts US talks as Hormuz proposal awaits response
President Masoud Pezeshkian said Qatar and Pakistan are relaying Tehran’s messages to Washington as Iran waits for a response to its proposal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Al Jazeera that Tehran no longer trusts negotiations with the United States, saying previous rounds of talks were followed by attacks and sanctions. He said Washington must clarify its position on a June memorandum of understanding that he described as the basis for current negotiations.
Pezeshkian said Qatar and Pakistan are conveying Iran’s messages to the US. Tehran is awaiting a response to its proposal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the proposal as a seven-day process: initial steps over four to five days, reopening the strait on day six, then talks on a final deal on day seven.
According to the plan as described by Iranian officials, the US would lift its naval blockade of Iranian ports, waive sanctions on Iranian oil sales, release an estimated $12 billion in frozen Iranian assets and observe a regional ceasefire. Iran would reopen the strait in return.
Pezeshkian said the waterway would reopen to commercial shipping if negotiations ended the war. He denied Iran was responsible for blocking it, saying the US had closed routes first. The supplied account does not establish whether Washington has formally responded to the proposal.
